R.I.P Dean Potter
Posted: May 18, 2015 07:51 am EDT
(Tina Sjogren) First time we heard of him, he was about to try a crazy ice-climb on some wicked wall in Nepal.
His name was Dean Potter, and he lived as he pleased. There were speed-climbs, solo-climbs, and latest base jumps, one becoming his last.
Dean and Graham Hunt jumped off Taft Point in Yosemite Sunday morning and reportedly crashed into a rock. Details are still unclear.
The stars gave the fearless free-climber 43 years to edge-walk this planet. Sunday the ravens took him back.
Now fly, Dean Potter.
Dean Potter climbing on El Mocho; the summits of Fitz Roy and Poincenot Spire rising on the right side of the image (click to enlarge).
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With no rope to save him, Dean Potter scales a route on Glacier Point called Heaven.
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